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In football (soccer), a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders.

Midfielders typically exhaust the most energy during a match due to the distance they cover on a pitch, as at times they can be called back into defense or required to attack with the strikers.

The attacking midfielder is an influential position and requires the player to possess superior technical abilities in terms of passing and most importantly the ability to 'read' the opposing defence in order to deliver a defence-splitting pass for the strikers.

Midfielders are players whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders.

Midfielders typically exhaust the most energy during a match due to the distance they cover on a pitch, as at times they can be called back into defence or required to attack with the strikers.

The attacking midfielder is an important position and requires the player to possess superior technical abilities in terms of passing and most importantly the ability to read the opposing defence in order to deliver defence-splitting passes to the strikers.

Alternatively, it is possible for both center midfielders to make check runs toward the ball, at different angles, or for one to check to the ball and one to provide support for the outside midfielder.

After turning, the wing midfielder in a 4-3-3 sees a forward straight ahead along the wing, one in the center working back from the penalty spot, and a forward wide on the other side of the field.

In the 4-4-2, a wall pass with the center midfielder, or a ping off one of the two strikers checking back from the penalty area, both can be used to play the wing midfielder into space in front of the 18 a little more easily than with a 4-3-3.

Soccer Squads Signs Midfielder Rachel Grushkin :: The 5-6 senior prep midfielder from Eureka High School in Eureka, Calif., is the sixth newcomer slated to join the Ducks for the fall of 2003.

The 5-6 senior midfielder from Eureka High School in Eureka, Calif., is a three-time MVP of her Eureka High School squad, and also has led the team in scoring her first three seasons.

Last summer she traveled with the Nor Cal International Soccer Academy on a tour of England, and was named the squad MVP and captain as the team posted one win and a tie against two women's premier league teams.

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Habig is a midfielder from Westfield High School, where she was an all-state honoree by the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association and a member of the 2000 national finalist Carmel Cosmos soccer team.

She was a member of the Maryland ODP team that was the Region I tournament winner in 1999 and 2000 and a national medalist in 2000, and her club team, the Bethesda Dragons, won several Maryland State Championships.

Ramza is a midfielder from Parkway Central High School who was an all-conference player and team offensive MVP while being a member of the Missouri State ODP team and her club team, JB Marine.

Soccer is a game played on a large, grass (or dirt) field where players try to kick the ball into the opposing team's goal.

Soccer is a great form of exercise for young people because it involves a tremendous amount of stamina, quickness, agility and teamwork.

Shin guards, the only piece of protective equipment that is mandatory in most soccer leagues, are designed to protect the shins against abrasions and contusions, but their effectiveness in preventing leg fractures is yet to be determined, according to a report in the journal Clinical Sports Medicine.

North Carolina's Lindsay Tarpley was named Soccer America's Player of the Year, and is one of four Tar Heels chosen as a Soccer America MVP and is joined by Catherine Reddick, Lori Chalupny and Heather O'Reilly.

College soccer's most versatile performer, another U-19 world champion and burgeoning full national-teamer, provided a target up top when injuries slowed Broncos' attack, then led their late-season surge from midfield, scoring 11 goals with six assists as Santa Clara won the West Coast Conference title and reached the NCAA quarterfinals.

Former U.S. national-teamer and college soccer's top holding midfielder, a 2001 MVP under her maiden name (Cramer), scored six goals and dished out 13 assists to lead the Cougars to the NCAA quarterfinals in their finest season.

Prior to FIU: Lettered in soccer and track and Cardinal Carter High...named Athlete of the Year in 1995 and 1996...honored with MVP in both soccer and track...four-time Indoor Soccer MVP...member of the under-17 Ontario Champion Richmond Hill Raiders in 1996 and 1997...born May 29, 1980...Physical Therapy major...daughter of Sarina and Orazio Drogo.

First team All Miami-Dade in 1999 named MVP of the Rams' soccer team the last three years most assists on the soccer team the past two seasons finished her career with 100 goals and 30 assists also played volleyball (MVP, 1999) and softball (MVP, 1998) undecided major has one brother, Armando daughter of Armando and Vielka Delgado.

Participated in soccer, hockey, netball and track at the prep level in England won the school's soccer Achievement Award in 1997 as well as the Achievement Award as best girls athlete in 1997 played on the England under-18 national team in 1999-2000 Physics major has one brother named Sean daughter of Michael and Eileen Farrow.

The Colorado College women's soccer team has accepted an invitation to compete as a temporary affiliate member of Conference USA, starting with the 2006 season, the league and school jointly announced today (April 6, 2006).

In addition, midfielder Jamie Maltman of Winnetka, Ill., has transferred from the University of Iowa and will be a junior in 2006-07.

Junior midfielder Katlin Okamoto, senior forward/midfielder Alex West and senior defender/team captain Laura Wilcox of Colorado College are among 23 players nationwide named this week to the NCAA Division I Independent Women's Soccer All-Academic Team for the 2005 season.

World Cup soccer When Landon Donovan returned to the Bay Area after helping the U.S. men's national soccer team stun the world and advance to the quarterfinals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he received...

The Los Angeles Galaxy and Crystal Palace F.C. of the English Coca-Cola League Championship, the second-highest level of English soccer, played to a 1-1 tie in a game that was postponed at halftime due to a...

D.C. United midfielder Freddy Adu wasn't hurt after getting into a minor car accident while driving home from a game over the weekend.

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Cadiz won a penalty early in the second half, but Argentine midfielder Andres Fleurquin fired against the post, and it was left to Moroccan midfielder Moha to seal the win for Osasuna with a well-taken shot a minute from time.

Midfielder Duda scored the first of two free kicks in the 31st minute, surprising keeper Toni Prats from 30 metres out.

Midfielder Mario Cotelo was sent off on the hour for a wild challenge on Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov, but defender Mariano Pernia struck the winner 10 minutes later when he fired a free kick through a ragged Atletico wall.